badgenome on 19 April 2013
Oh, that title was your words and not theirs. I was getting ready to praise them for their self-awareness.
But yeah, it's a terrible strategy. Sega said the same thing when they restructured. "Going forward we're banking on Sonic, Football Manager, Total War, and Aliens." Look how that worked out.
Variety and new IP is the lifeblood of gaming, and if every publisher retreats to making only a few franchises that all seem to chase the same trends (i.e., E3 2012 - "everything was Uncharted") then traditional gaming will die a death.
